7.2 School season tickets

7.2.1 Conditions: School season tickets, available for each standard school term as notified by the Department of Education, or for any school term not exceeding 15 weeks fixed by any private school, will be issued only to primary or secondary school pupils under 21 years of age, exclusively engaged in their studies and not in paid employment. The fare for each school season ticket will be $22.30.

7.2.2 Time and day of use: School season tickets are available for use by the holders only when travelling to or from school for the purpose of receiving tuition or attending school functions approved by the Department of Education. Unless endorsed “evening” at the time of issue or unless supported on each journey by a certificate in the form prescribed by the Corporation from the principal of the school that later attendance at school was necessary for tuition or for an approved school function, they will not be available for travel by trains scheduled to leave the joining station after 1900 hours. School season tickets will not be available for use on Sundays.

7.2.3 Distance limitation: School season tickets will not be issued for travel over distances exceeding 100 kilometres.

7.2.4 Certificates: Certificates in the form prescribed by the Corporation, signed by the teacher, must be produced when applications are made for school season tickets.

7.2.5 Reserved carriage or compartment: When any railway carriage or compartment in a railway carriage on any train has been reserved for the accommodation of school children, school season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in that carriage or compartment.

7.2.6 Use of non smoking areas: When no railway carriage or compartment in a railway carriage on any train has been reserved for the accommodation of school children, school season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole journey in a carriage or compartment not reserved for smoking.

7.2.7 Occupation of seat: School season tickets are issued subject to the condition that the holder does not occupy a seat when adult passengers are standing in the same carriage or compartment. A school pupil travelling on any such ticket who fails to give up a seat to an adult shall pay the ordinary fare for the journey.

7.2.8 Forfeiture of tickets: School season tickets may be forfeited at the option of the Corporation, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder may be liable, in the event of the holder committing any offence against any terms or conditions made pursuant to the New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981 governing the issue or use of such tickets; or in the event of the holder disobeying, obstructing or hindering any employee of the Corporation or damaging any railway carriage or interfering with or damaging any equipment or fittings therein, or being guilty of any other misconduct on the railway.

7.3 Broken periods

A monthly season ticket may be made available from any date after the commencement of a month to include the succeeding full month. The fare for such pro rata season tickets will be calculated at one thirtieth of the monthly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken calendar month covered by the ticket plus the full fare for the succeeding month.

7.4 Defaced season tickets

Mutilated or defaced season tickets will not be recognised for travel. A charge of $2.30 will be made for replacing each such ticket provided its validity can be determined. Where the validity of the ticket cannot be determined it will be treated as a lost ticket. (refer to clause 2.15.4).